US soldier detained in Russia
An American soldier was detained in Russia over the weekend, per US officials.
The staff sergeant was taken into custody on May 2.
He was stationed in South Korea and traveled to Russia on his own, as reported by CNN on Monday.
The soldier is reportedly accused of sealing from a woman.
The US Embassy has not named the soldier but his family has been contacted.
The soldier is now one of several American citizens currently imprisoned in Russia.
The US Embassy in Moscow (pictured) has not named the soldier but his family has been contacted
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been held by Russia since last March.
Meanwhile former Marine Paul Whelan has been jailed since 2018.
Both are wrongfully detained, according to the US government.
Moreover, American-Russian ballerina Ksenia Karelina has been jailed in Russia or donating $51 to a Ukrainian charity.
She was charged with treason and faces up to 20 years in jail for making a small donation to the humanitarian charity Razom on the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
The payment was discovered after her phone was seized when she flew into Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo Airport on January 2, planning to visit her 90-year-old grandparents in time for Russia’s Christmas day.
She was arrested after being invited to pick up her phone on January 27.
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